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First dragon of the year

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Posted by Matt Cole on May 17, 2008 at 4:51 AM
First dragon of the year
My first dragonfly shot of the year, a fairly fresh Four-Spotted Chaser at a local nature reserve. The golden colours are from gorse bushes in the background.

Sigma 150mm lens, f9, 1/200 sec, ISO 400, tripod.

All C+C appreciated. :smile:

Matt
Posted by Dave Bartlett on May 17, 2008 at 5:03 AM
Works for me. I like the background and especially the definition of the legs against the leaf blade :toast:

Dave
Posted by Brian McGeough on May 17, 2008 at 5:05 AM
Nice background, suits the subject very well! :toast: :toast:
Cheers
Brian
Posted by Daniel Read on May 17, 2008 at 6:50 AM
Great shot Mat, the colours complement each other perfectly :toast:

Cheers,

Dan.
Posted by Paul Thomas on May 17, 2008 at 6:57 AM
Very nice. Good an sharp with an ecellent background.

:toast:

Paul
Posted by eric weight on May 17, 2008 at 7:19 AM
Superb Matt, I think I recognise that gorse. If I'm right, I've never photographed the dragons there, but I would imagine it is a very good site, the pools look ideal to me.
Outstanding detail and colours.
:toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Paul Inglis on May 17, 2008 at 7:19 AM
Hi Matt,

Awesome marco work!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on May 17, 2008 at 7:36 AM
Excellent shot Matt, I'm very envious as they've not shown on any of my sites yet - I hate you :biggrin: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Alan Woolnough on May 17, 2008 at 8:09 AM
Super shot Matt!!

I like everything about this :toast: :toast:

Alan
Posted by David Clapp on May 17, 2008 at 10:10 AM
Very nice work, he looks lke he's been banging his head on the perch. What really makes this is the yellow background, very complimentary. :toast:
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on May 17, 2008 at 1:02 PM
Perfect paralleled, composition and color.
I like it.
Thanks for sharing.

Bertl Menegoni
Innsbruck
Austria
Posted by John Robinson on May 17, 2008 at 1:29 PM
That's very nice indeed !
Unusual angle too.
JR
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 17, 2008 at 2:15 PM


Top work Matt , supreme detail :toast: :toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Tim Taylor on May 17, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Really excellent and I love the background.

Tim :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 17, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Oh now that is nice-great start to the dragonfly season

Dave :toast: :toast:
Posted by Elliott Neep on May 18, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Hi Matt. Gorgeous colours in this. Really inspiring stuff. Fabulous depth of field. It really pops out with that blade. A truly great start! :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on May 18, 2008 at 1:21 PM
The colours are great, the way the background complements the dragonfly makes it really zing :smile:
Posted by Matt Cole on May 18, 2008 at 3:18 PM
many thanks for all the comments, they're much appreciated.

Matt
Posted by Guy Rogers on May 18, 2008 at 3:41 PM
Hello Matt

Very nice first catch of the year. A well controled background that complements the Dragonfly beautifully. :wavey:
Posted by PhilH on May 19, 2008 at 3:33 AM
Very nice indeed Matt, excellent work.

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on May 19, 2008 at 5:11 AM
Very nice, including the bg. Good dof.

Greg